For those curious: I broke the bolts AND started the scope creep.

We were literally gonna only fix one thing (that we had finished at the point) then I said “Since we’ve already got this part off, might as well swap that bushing out while it’s in the open.” And then all hell broke loose (But not the bolts).

Yes I bought them lunch… and dinner… and lunch afterwards.

I love that man, and I won’t stop telling them that.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      5·
      15 days ago

      I feel you on that man, every time I’ve had to work under my first gen CRV (it’s a 2000 model year, made at he end of 1999) it’s turned into a weekend project.

      Rear sway bar links? 3 days. Trailing arm and rear control arm bushings? 2 days. Sway bar bushings? 2 days AND ended up swapping out the rear cross beam because of how fucked it became during the whole shitshow (the latest project with it).

      Under the hood? At most an afternoon.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      The last time I pulled a dashboard out it took a week to get it back to as functional as it was when I pulled it out. At that point I was just happy to be done with it lol

  • DickFiasco@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    15 days ago

    Every car repair job I do has that one fastener. It’s the one that makes the job take three hours because you spend two hours removing just that one.

  • NessD@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    15 days ago

    Yeah. Just gonna replace the bottom bracket. 10 min MAX! Oh, the thread to pull of the crank got mangled. Gotta use a hammer. Oh, the threads for the bracket is also mangled. 3 strong dudes, two days adn 3 hours of work later it finally gives.

    Well, now my bike works again.